RIMS=Velocity Blunts VS Halo Freedoms ?

I found the Blunts to be light and neat looking, they're not super strong but can build a nice decent wheel. I found the metal they're made of to be quite soft, very susceptible to dings, bends, and flat spots. I know because I dinged them on more than one occasion, bent one, and flat spotted one. I had a total of six Blunt wheels on my bikes two years ago and I'm down to only one wheel now. A local taco'd his front Blunt fairly easily. Good, light rims best suited for lightweight people, but if you plan on thrashing them really hard, go for the Halo.

Also, they're pricier but Stan's rims (notubes.com) are available in white now

oh, my white Blunts...

dragbike said:

I'm planning on having a set of wheels built. I want white rims so my choices are Velocity Blunts or Halo Freedom Discs.

Can anyone offer opinions on these, based on their experiences with either of these rims?

thanks!

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Outside of the color choice, what is the intended use for these rims and your riding weight? The NoTubes ZTR Flows come in white as well and provides a wide tubeless ready rim if you were thinking of going tubeless as well as being white. American Classic now offers there MTB 29 Disc wheels in white as well as their All Mountain 29 Disc wheels for the 28mm wide rims.

I've got the 36H Blunt rims laced to King ISO Disc hubs with Sapim spokes. The wheelset is a combination of strong, stiff and relatively light for wider rim XC duty use. They've been fine and dandy for my needs, but I will have to tip my hat to Soupboy's tenacity that these light rims may not be cut out for his use beyond XC riding or for heavier riders who may be more prone to destroying wheels. If you just look at the rim weights, you'll see the obvious...

Blunts weigh 474g (that's what my 36H rims weigh)
Flows weigh 525g
Sun Rhyno Lites weigh 599g
Halos weigh 635g

Choose a good wheel builder to dial in the wheel build for your weight and intended use so that the proper components are chosen from the get go. Lyle at Spin Lite Cycling builds Velocity and Sapim products with top notch precision.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Disclaimer: he built my Blunt wheels. Mike at Lace Mine 29/Big Wheels does excellent 29"er wheel builds with the experience and savvy to back up his recommendations. Disclaimer: he built my Delgado Disc wheels.

Again, I think if you move beyond the cosmetic requirements of wanting white and look closer at the rims to pick the one best suited for your weight and riding needs you will be very content.

My Blunts are just fine for my XC needs. They have never been dinged, gotten a flat spot or gone out of true.





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I have several sets of Halo Freedom rims and they have been fantastic. They stay true and work great with high volume tires.